Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-03-19


l1F9ngh SAID township, and in payment of said sub
SCRIP ton OF stock 10 issue 10 said railway com
le--oLIiaLlol OF one Lhousahd dollars each or SO
many thereof mot exceeding said numberj as
~ PSt mile Ior ecn mile OF railroad constructed
ia SAID township by said railway company. said
bonds 70 De payable TO the bearer at the Fiscal
AEeucy o. the state OF Kansas, IN New York city,
twenty years after the date thereof bearing inter
80. ~ l.uIe ually ana upon the terms
ana conditions fully set out IN said petition: and
proof peIng made before said board, and said
I that said petition was, and Is signed bv NOR
nan Two nII1s or the resident taxpayers Of said
township, ana that the signatures affixed thereto
are the genuine signatures of resident taxpayers
OF SAID township, II is ordered by said board that
I sad petition be fled and emitting the signatures
OF the saners thereof, spread upon the Journal OF
sand board and entered of record therein which said
( petition emitting the names of the signers thereof
[ is III the words and figures following, tO-wit:
PETITION.
I To the Honorable Board of County Commission
eEs OF the County of Phillips in the State of
/ We, the undersigned, your petitioners, each be
iis d IeslqeII TAX paper OF the township of Phil
| hpsburg, in Phillips county in the State of KAN
sas, respectfully petition your honorable bodv 10
submit 10 the quaIled electors Of said township
for their acceptance or rejection at sDecial eee-
ton to be ordered by your honorable body, under
sas and the act entitled Ian Act 10 enable e-1I
ties. Townships and Cities to aid in the coustrUc
ton OF railroads, and to repeal section eight oF
chapter thirty-uine of the laws OF 1874 ANNOYED
February 18th, 1876, and the amendments thereto.
me following proposition with the terms and con
u1tons herein specified, tO-ygit:
Shall the said township of Philipsburg in Phil
lips county Ia the state OF Kansas, subscribe for
one hundred and forty shares Of one hundred dol
lars each, OF the capital stock Of The Chicago,
Kansas and Nebraska Railway Compunr, and in
payment thereof issue TO said Railway Company
fourteen of the bonds of said township of the de-
homhatlon OF one thousand dollars each, or so
many thereof mot exceeding said numberj as
shall amour. to not exceeding four thousand dol
!aIs per ullIe OF Sac mile or railroad constructed
[ In said township by said Railway COMPANY: said
bonds To be payable TO the bearer at the Fiscal
twenty years after the date thereof bearin inter
est at the rate OF SIX per cent per annum interest
payaole semi aliuuig, Tor wnlch interest coupons
shall be ATTACHED, payable ut the fiscal agency
uIoresaldi uhls subscription OF stock anC issue of
bonds being upon the following conditions, name
As soon as said proposition shall be determined
IN the Affirmative by Il canvass of the votes cast at
such election, the Board OF County Commissioners
of said county of Phillips for and behalf Of said
township shall order the County Clerk to make
and the County Clerk shall make said subscTiDt,
ion in the name of said township for said one hum
dred and forty shares Of the capital stock Of said
And when the railroad of said Railway Company
shall be built ana completed, and shall be in opera
tiun. under lease OF otherwise, from the tast line
of SAID township TO the west line of said township
then said Board Of County Commissioners shall
said 10 be issued in the name of said township of
PhillipSburg and shall deliver the same to said
Railway Company on delivery or tender TO the
county treasurer OF sald county OF certificate
Tor said shares OF the full paid capital stock of
said RUiiway Company equal in amount with said
bonds dollar for dollar.
Provided, said railroad shall be built and COM
pletel and il operation, thy lease Otherwise) as
Uiore@alt. on OF before Lne nfst day OF February,
A. D. lSSS; and provided further. that said com
panv shall bHild and maintain depot with side
tracks adjacent thereto in said township
The form OF the ballots TO be used ut said cleo
ti0n shall be: For the subscription of stock and
Issue Of bonds 10 the Chicago, Kansas and Nebras-
ka Hallway Company" and Against the subscriD-
ton of stock and issue Of bonds TO The Chicago,
Kansas aud Ne raska Railway Company
And the said board county fe1f ion
ers being duly advised in the premises, fur
Their ind and declare that said petition sets
forth the terms and conditions upon which it
is proposed TO make such subscription to the
capital stock of said railway company, and
the terms OF paymentfOF such stock, with the
FORM OF inc DtLIols 70 ge USED at Such cleo
ton: and that said petition is in all RESPECTS
in accordance with law, and that the cOndi-
tiOus in said petition are ample and sufficient
for the protection OF said township.
Tt is, therefore, by said board of county
commissioners. IN pursuance OF the prayer OF
said petition, and in pursuance Of the laws of
the state of Kansas il such case made and
prH";Ied, ordered, GdJudged and declared that
the said petition be, and the same is hereby /
granted, and that in accordance with the
prayer Of said petition, and of the statute in
such case made and provided. a special cleo /
ton he and the same is hereby ordered and
called to be held on wednesday, tire 2Jth day
of April, a. ID. 1887. mt the usual and establish
ed places of voting in each voting precinct in !
said township 10 vote on said question of sub !
capital stock of said Railway company, and of |
Issuing the bonds OF said township in pay !
forth: and at which election the proposition 4
hereinbefOre set forth shall be submitted to /
the qualified electors OF SAID township for /
their decision by voting By ballot thereon, /
shall be Iully IN accofdance' III al respects, /
with the terms of said petition, and the ballots |
used at said election shall be in the form des-
II is further ordered that if u majority of .
the qualified electors voting at such election |
vote and cast their ballots in favor of said |
to the capital stock Of SAID Rail- |
way company, and the issuing of such bOuds /
OF SAID township, then the county clerk Of |
said county shall forthwith, for and on be- /
half of said township and in the name of said /
township make such subscription TO the capt
tai stock OF said company TO the amount stat
tits fIIrther ordered by said board that when
said Railway company shall comply with the /
terms OF said subscription, as set out in said /
petition, then the chairman Of the board of /
the county clerk of said county shall issue to |
said Railway company the bonds of said Phil /
ipsbuFg township III the sum stated in said /
petition, said bonds TO be signed by the chair /
man of said DO I'd and aUtested by said COun-
ty clerk under the seal of said county.
And it is further on ered that the Sheriff Of /
said county duly make and publich his proc /
lamatiOn for the holding of such special cleo |
ton in said township for the submission TO /
the qualified electors of said township of said ]
question and proposition set forth in said pc /
titiOn, and this order by the publication of a /
notice and proclamation for thirty days next /
preceding the day OF said special election in /
the Phillipsburg HERALD, a newspaper pub |
lished in the city of Phillipsburg in said Phil
lips county, and having q general circulation |
in said PhilGpshurg township and Phillips
county. and that in said proclamation and no /
tice, said Sheriff sci forth the substance of
this order, and said Sheriff shall comply with !
all the requirements OF law as to the said no
tice and proclamation.
Done by the board OF county commissioners
of the county OF Phillips state OF Kansas, /
this 10th day of n arch, A. d. 1881.
W. D. CONVICTION, Chairman.
HENRY MCDOWELL, I members of
JOHN H. HAM, said board.
Attest: s. J. HARTNAN. County CLERK.
(COHtin3Lcd HeIt GEEK